New US survey shows high level of dissatisfaction

Americans have completed yet another survey.

A new poll taken by Rasmussen shows that most of those surveyed believed the US had taken a turn away from the right direction.

In the lowest result since October 2008, when the US was at the centre of the global financial crisis, 80 percent of prospective voters now think US politicians should never have allowed the recent shutdown.

The federal government was partially closed for 16 days until reopening when Congress reached a last-minute deal to end the shutdown and raise the $16.7 trillion debt ceiling.

The shutdown has diminished confidence in the political system, according to Rasmussen.

Another poll, conducted by Pew Research and released this week, showed that 81 percent of Americans are dissatisfied with how the country is being managed.

During the week, when it was revealed the US had lost at least $24 billion due to the shutdown, a petition appeared on Web sites, calling for the arrest and trial of Republican leaders for their role in allowing the government to shutdown.

The petition was organized by the MoveOn group.

The petition called on the Department of Justice to "arrest Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Speaker of the House John Boehner and other decision-making House Republican leaders for the crime of seditious conspiracy against the United States of America."

New US survey shows high level of dissatisfaction

New US survey shows high level of dissatisfaction

Big News Network.com 20th October 2013, 00:48 GMT+11

Americans have completed yet another survey.

A new poll taken by Rasmussen shows that most of those surveyed believed the US had taken a turn away from the right direction.

In the lowest result since October 2008, when the US was at the centre of the global financial crisis, 80 percent of prospective voters now think US politicians should never have allowed the recent shutdown.

The federal government was partially closed for 16 days until reopening when Congress reached a last-minute deal to end the shutdown and raise the $16.7 trillion debt ceiling.

The shutdown has diminished confidence in the political system, according to Rasmussen.

Another poll, conducted by Pew Research and released this week, showed that 81 percent of Americans are dissatisfied with how the country is being managed.

During the week, when it was revealed the US had lost at least $24 billion due to the shutdown, a petition appeared on Web sites, calling for the arrest and trial of Republican leaders for their role in allowing the government to shutdown.

The petition was organized by the MoveOn group.

The petition called on the Department of Justice to "arrest Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Speaker of the House John Boehner and other decision-making House Republican leaders for the crime of seditious conspiracy against the United States of America."